Killing Off Data Management Behemoths

By Adrian Bridgwater, July 16, 2013

Actian's cloud integration and big data analytics platforms

Big data analytics company Actian is combining its purchases of ParAccel, Pervasive Software, and Versant Corporation to produce two new platforms, the Actian DataCloud and ParAccel Big Data Analytics Platforms.

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"The unprecedented explosion in data complexity and volumes, along with fast-growing demand for sophisticated analytics, present both opportunities and threats," said Ray Wang, chief executive officer and principal analyst at Constellation Research.

"As social, mobile, and cloud converge in the enterprise, organizations can innovate and expand, or be displaced by those that do. The data-driven world demands that organizations adopt a modern, purpose-built big data analytics infrastructure that can mean the difference between market success and failure," said Wang.

Actian's bid is to provide an end-to-end platform (i.e., one that works from data connection through preparation and analytics), all the way to automated action by exploiting advances in chips, cores, and clusters.

"We believe that every company, no matter its size, should harness the promise of big data and analytics, and we've invested hundreds of man-years and millions of dollars to deliver two scalable, completely modern platforms that marry our decades of data expertise with innovative, cutting-edge architectures," said Steve Shine, chief executive officer of Actian. "To win in the Age of Data, organizations must become action-enabled enterprises with access to unconstrained analytics and frictionless data integration."

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